People

Those who work to bring you UMS performances every year.

Board of Directors

Tim Petersen, Chair
Lisa D. Cook, Co-Vice Chair
Brian Willen, Co-Vice Chair
Christopher Conlin, Secretary
Rob VanRenterghem, Treasurer

Susan E. Alcock
Karen Bantel
Kiana Barfield
Marco Bruzzano
Mary Lincoln Campbell
Timothy Damschroder
Tiffany L. Ford
Alec Gallimore
Katherine Goldberg
Linda Gregerson
Stephen Henderson
Ibrahim Jarjoura
Timothy B. Johnson
Barbara Kaye
Christina Kim
Timothy G. Lynch
Timothy G. Marshall
Michael C. Martin
Sarah Nicoli
Peter Schweitzer
Knut Simonsen
Versell Smith, Jr.
Linh Song
Gail Ferguson Stout
Victor J. Strecher

Ex-officio Members:

Susan M. Collins, Provost, U-M
David Gier, Dean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, U-M
Kevin Hegarty, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, U-M
Mark Schlissel, President, U-M
Jeanice Kerr Swift, Superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools

Representatives to the Board:

Rachel Bendit, UMS National Council
Thomas C. Kinnear, UMS Sustaining Directors
Prudence Rosenthal, UMS Sustaining Directors
Elena Snyder, UMS Ambassadors

Ambassadors

If you are passionate about the arts and would like to connect deeply with UMS, Ambassadors may be a great match for you.

Over 35 members of the UMS Ambassadors work to increase awareness of and participation in UMS programs through assisting UMS staff with projects and special events, ushering at UMS school-day performances, hosting unique community events, helping to creating partnerships with various U-M and community groups, and providing support to UMS in countless other ways. UMS Ambassadors are the champions of UMS’s community engagement mission.

Elena Snyder, Chair
Cathy King, Vice Chair
Beth McNally, Treasurer
Deanne Woodruff, Secretary

The Executive Team:
Arlene Barnes
Sharon Peterson Dort
Michael Lee
Janet Torno
Kirsten Williams
Zita Gillis, Past Chair

Lisa Armstrong
Astrid Beck
Elaine Bennett
Richard Chang
Mike Dergis
Wenli Frisch
Janet Galardi Popper
Rey Goicochea
Joan Grissing
Joan Kadis
Jaye Kain
Carol Kaplan
Nancy Karp
Kathy Kiehl
Gloria Kitto Lewis
Rita Malone
Daria Massimilla
Beth McNally
Kathy Rich
Pat Rideout
Jill Ross
Ellen Sapper
Andrew Schneider
William Shell
Pam Tabbaa

National Council

Rachel Bendit, Chair
Ann Arbor

Wynton Marsalis, Honorary Co-Chair
New York

Andrew Bernstein
New York

Maurice Binkow
Ann Arbor

Dan Braga
Boston

Kenneth A. and Noreen Buckfire
New York

Peter Cummings
Detroit

Marylene Delbourg–Delphis
Menlo Park and Pebble Beach

Barbara G. Fleischman
New York

Maxine Frankel
Bloomfield Hills

Katherine Hein
Boston

Patti Kenner
New York

Wallis Klein
La Jolla and Charlevoix

Jerry and Dale Kolins
Escondido

David Leichtman and Laura McGinn
New York

Chrislan Fuller Manuel
Ann Arbor

Jerry May
Ann Arbor

Bridget M. McCormack and Steven P. Croley
Ann Arbor

Jordan Morgan
Ann Arbor

Caroline Nussbaum
New York

Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga
New York

James Read
Stamford

James and Nancy Stanley
Ann Arbor

Louise Taylor
Ann Arbor

Bruce Tuchman
New York

Eileen Weiser
Ann Arbor

Clayton and Ann Wilhite
Ann Arbor

Valerie Wilpon
New York

Diane Zola
New York

Tim Petersen
Ann Arbor
Ex-Officio

Sustaining Directors

Thomas C. Kinnear, Co-Chair
Prudence Rosenthal, Co-Chair

Wadad Abed
Michael C. Allemang
Carol L. Amster
Kathleen Benton
Lynda Berg
Maurice S. Binkow
DJ Boehm
David Canter
Martha Darling
Julia Donovan Darlow
James J. Duderstadt
David Featherman
Stephen Forrest
Maxine J. Frankel
Patricia M. Garcia
Beverley B. Geltner
Christopher Genteel
Anne Glendon
Richard Gutow
Shelia M. Harden
Walter L. Harrison
Debbie S. Herbert
Norman G. Herbert
Carl W. Herstein
David Herzig
Peter N. Heydon
Joel Howell
Marvin Krislov
Earl Lewis
Robert C. Macek
Joetta Mial
Donald Morelock
Agnes Moy-Sarns
Jan Barney Newman
Roger Newton
Len Niehoff
Gilbert S. Omenn
Joe E. O’Neal
Stephen Palms
David Parsigian
Phil Power
Douglas Rothwell
Sharon Rothwell
Judy Dow Rumelhart
Maya Savarino
Ann Schriber
John J.H. Schwarz
Erik H. Serr
Ellie Serras
Joseph A. Sesi
George I. Shirley
Peter Sparling
James C. Stanley
Cheryl Soper
Edward D. Surovell
Susan B. Ullrich
Eileen Lappin Weiser
Clayton E. Wilhite